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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days(2003)
Released
2003 · FILM

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

A jaded advice columnist and a cocky ad exec each bet they can make the other fall in love, sparking a high‑stakes game of manipulation that threatens both their reputations and their hearts.

“One of them is lying. So is the other.”

Directed by
Donald Petrie, Stuart Feldman
Written by
Michele Alexander, Jeannie Long
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
116 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

A charming advertising executive, determined to secure a major campaign, wagers that he can make a woman fall in love with him within ten days.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 405+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Debra Neil FisherShot by John BaileyScored by David NewmanDesigned by Therese DeprezSound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Karen PatchStunts by John CenatiempoVFX by George Macri

Box Office

2003 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$177.5M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$177.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $105.8M — 60% of worldwide · International: $71.7M (40%)

Opening weekend: $23.8M — 22% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $28.7M — 27% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,923 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Wie werde ich ihn los – in 10 Tagen?de
  • Wie werde ich ihn los in 10 Tagende
  • Comment se faire larguer en 10 leçonsfr
  • Come farsi lasciare in 10 giorniit
  • Come farsi lasciare in dieci giorniit
  • (Bulgarian)Как да разкараш гаджето за 10 дни
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 27, 2003
  • CanadaFeb 7, 2003
  • GermanyApr 17, 2003
  • AustriaApr 18, 2003

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Lynda Obst ProductionsMMP Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHMoviemakers Productions (MMP)Paramount PicturesRobert Evans Company
Distributors
Paramount DistributionUnited International Pictures (UIP)
Special effectsAvailable Light Productions, Lund Background Pictures, Pixel Magic
Other companiesAlliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Big Film Design, Birds & Animals Unlimited, Brioni, DTS

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